Unemployment “Benefits”
Because long-term unemployment insurance payments from the government ceased a few days ago, it seems fitting to add my two cents on the topic of unemployment benefits. In the title of this post, I put...
View ArticleAvon & Evangelism
A group of Internet buddies and I happened upon the topic of multi-level marketing this past week, most of us agreeing that we hate being invited to the so-called parties at which consumer products are...
View ArticleWho should tithe? (If we tithe…)
I’m currently reading another Christian Smith/Michael Emerson book called Passing the Plate, which examines Christian giving from a sociological perspective. Toward the beginning of the book, they...
View ArticleMy Complicated (and Painful) Relationship with InterVarsity
When I arrived at Fuller, I looked back on my time in InterVarsity with nostalgia. Now, nearly six years later, I look back with pain. Pain because even though I was supported in exploring my beliefs,...
View ArticleGay Marriage and Consistent Ecumenism
When I was in college, I had a chat with the Blue Ridge Regional Director for InterVarsity—a man I like and respect a great deal—about the differences between InterVarsity’s stance on racial issues and...
View ArticleStunned
Two days ago I felt hopeful for evangelicalism for the first time in over a year. Today, I was truly incredulous to hear that World Vision had reversed its decision to hire married gay Christians....
View ArticleDone.
Last Wednesday, when I heard that World Vision had reversed its decision on gay employees, I was extremely angry for an hour. After that, it felt more like someone had died. I spent dinner feeling...
View ArticlePower in American Evangelicalism (i.e., why I’ve given up)
Earlier this week when Jeremiah and I were talking again about World Vision, I told him I felt guilty for not being more upset on behalf of the children overseas who will suffer because of...
View ArticleThe Mainline Boogieman
One of the hardest things about not identifying as evangelical anymore is getting over the “mainline boogieman.” I have a lot more experience with mainline Christianity than many former evangelicals....
View ArticleOprah Chai
I am looking across the room at an “Oprah Chai” ad, and I must admit I am extremely curious to know what “Oprah Chai” tastes like. I like chai, and I find it a tad amusingly ridiculous that Starbucks...
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